Past: Scholar in Residence, Beatrice Bain Research Group, Gender and Women's Studies Department, UC Berkeley
Past: External Lecturer, University of Vienna and of Graz, University of Music and Performing Arts, Graz and Alpen-Adria University Klagenfurt, Austria
University of California, Berkeley
Affiliation period: September 2016 - August 2017
Website
doris.leibet@berkeley.edu
| Degrees |
Ph.D. Philosophy
:: Department of Philosophy: University of Vienna
(2008) M.A. Philosophy :: Department of Philosophy: University of Vienna (2001) Diploma in Radiography: Medical-Technical Academy for Radiographers :: General Hospital, Linz, Austria (1994) |
Research Areas
STS, Queer, Trans, & Critical Disability Studies, Gender Studies, Cultural Studies, Philosophy.
My research fits into the Postcolonial STS strand and involves a decolonial queer-feminist ethics on Assisted Reproductive & Genetic Technologies (ARGTs). The focus lies on the embedded bio-colonialism (e.g. women of color, or eastern European/Ukrainian women as surrogates and egg donors) in ARGTs and challenges for queer, transgender, intersex and dis/abled people, who want to make use of these technologies. Another consideration is how race, ethnicity, gender and dis/ability matter during the process of ARGTs.
The aim of this queer-feminist and trans ethics is to decolonize ARGTs, which consists of finding out how to avoid postcolonial exploitation and queer necropolitics.
last updated: December 14th, 2017